Ford F-150 Factory Workers Question Carmaker’s Safety Controls
- Company says it’s adhering to safeguards that are working
- Plant restarts are beset by shutdowns after positive tests
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Ford Motor Co. is fielding complaints from union leaders at plants making the automaker’s most profitable vehicle that the company isn’t adhering to safety measures to keep the coronavirus from spreading on the factory floor.
Two United Auto Workers locals at factories in Dearborn, Michigan, and Kansas City, Missouri, which both make the best-selling F-150 pickup, say Ford isn’t sufficiently protecting workers. Ford’s top manufacturing official denies their allegations, saying in an interview that the automaker has stuck to measures detailed in the return-to-work playbook the company crafted along with the UAW.